This document summarizes the biblical story of Jesus visiting the home of Simon the Pharisee, where a grieving woman anoints Jesus' feet. It describes how the Pharisee showed disrespect to Jesus by not properly greeting or welcoming him, while the woman honored Jesus through her actions and gestures of anointing his feet. The event revealed to the Pharisee that Jesus has the power to forgive sins and exposed the Pharisee's mistaken view of himself as not being in need of forgiveness.

1. Simon The Pharisee, the
Grief-Stricken Woman, and
Christ
Luke 7:36 by AHaller

2. Background
Jesus was a Celebrity as
Teacher and Healer
Simon the Pharisee Invited
Jesus to his House for a
Formal Meal
A Woman of Low Character Appears Uninvited
She Proceeds to Interrupt the Meal Wiping the Feet of Jesus
with Her Tears and Pouring Out a Fragrant Perfume
Possibly woman taken in adultery from John 8

4. The Pharisee
Simon showed
disrespect by not
anointing Jesus’s
head with oil
Simon showed
disrespect by not
offering to have His
feet washed
Simon showed
disrespect by not
greeting Him with
a customary kiss on
the cheeks
Fragrance of Anointed
Head Absent
Water for
Feet Absent
Kiss of Greeting
Absent

5. The Woman
Woman honored
Jesus by pouring a
jar of fragrant
perfume on his feet
Woman honored
Jesus by using her
tears to wet His
feet
Woman honored
Jesus by kissing
repeatedly His feet
Perfume
For His feet
Water for Feet
Her Tears
Greeted with
Kiss of the Feet

6. This Public Event
Confronted the Pharisee’s mistaken way of thinking
Revealed Who Jesus was – only God can forgive sin
Rebuke subtly and skillfully the Pharisee’s disrespect
Relates our degree to love Christ linked to our awareness
of how much we have been forgiven. Christ tells the
story of two debtors. How do we view ourselves?

7. The Pharisee
• Legally rigid
• Inhospitable
• Unloving
• Self righteous
• Perhaps Jealous
• Smug
• Failure to recognize just
Who he had invited and
Who was in his household
• Blind to his need for
forgiveness
When we love someone, we respect them. When we respect
them, we love them.
– Respects
– Honors
– Sacrifices
– Shows Hospitality
– Expresses Gratitude
– Exhibits Humility
Love

8. • The degree of indebtedness of the offender to the one who
forgives the has a corresponding magnitude of gratefulness. He
who realizes they have been forgiven much loves much.
• The self-righteous Pharisee wrongly assumed he did not have
anything or so little to be forgiven.
• The contrite woman in contrast did and found forgiveness. Her
faith saved her.
Summary

9. Simon The Pharisee, the
Grief-Stricken Woman, and
Christ
The Man - Achieved
Everything but failed
to Recognize Christ
Luke 7:36
Your sins are
forgiven
The Woman - Failed God
and everyone but succeeded
to Recognize Christ